This morning I stumbled across a wonderful toy. Something that just looked so amazing that as soon as I saw it, I smiled as big as possible. The type of joy only a toy could bring (especially one that's as fancy as this)! Yes, this is The Penguin from DC comics, made into a custom figure from an El Panda form by a custom artist called "Avatar666." The toy itself is incredible. I love the details, like his birdy hands and necktie that would easily be missed at a glance! A fantastic custom!
You all know this villain Penguin, alias Oswald Cobblepot! Deformed as a child and sent downstream by rich parents, he was found by penguins and raised to become a criminal guy. Then he hired goon clowns! Christopher Walken was involved somehow, with white and black stripes! He uses umbrellas to steal things! He owns a nightclub sometimes! Noses were bitten off! More than anything he's a deformed man with a monocle! Showing he is more than just a criminal: a sophisticated high class man of wealth and taste! He occasionally fights with that Batman guy too!
I wonder how Burgess Maredith and Danny DeVito feel about this?
Wave 13 of Hasbro's Star Wars: Clone Wars action figures are up for pre-order on many sites, and they are a motley crew of rebels, jedi's and droids with some familiar faces and some new ones.
This wave of 3 3/4" figures include Rex with heater pack, Obi-Wan Kenobi in Cold Weather gear, a Firefighter droid, Clone Commander Cody, Anakin Skywalker (plain and in cold weather gear), Commander Stone, Yoda, Magna Guard, Cad Bane, Commander Bly and Clone Echo.
This is a definitely a good line for anyone building any armies of Clone Troopers, but then again, almost every line of Star Wars figures these days seems to be good for that. Even though the Firefighter Droid looks like a lazy repaint, I am still intrigued by it, but not necessarily enough to buy. How about you guys? Any winners and losers for you in this wave?
I guess I should be sick and tired of Gloomy Bear by now, but somehow I never am. Maybe it's because I never really grow weary of seeing Gloomy beat a child into a bloody pulp. I'm not sure what that says about me, but perhaps it should be taken as some sort of warning. Not really sure.
Anyway, Kidrobot is offering a new version of Gloomy called the Threat edition, and it is pretty great. This vinyl figure measures in at 5 inches and retails for $29.99. It'll be released on the 18th of this month, so if you want to score one keep an eye on the KR website. He's out for blood...
Mattycollector has regretably announced that their April sale that was set originally for 4/15 has been moved to 4/19, a Monday.
The figures that will be available that day include Evil-Lyn, Hordak, Dark Knight Batman (night-vision) and the 12" Peter Venkman figure and a few others. Thankfully, the sale on March 15 is going off without a hitch, where you can pick up Stratos, Scarecrow, DCU Classics Wave 12 set, and the always fun Moss-man, with or without flocked ears.
Mattel, why do you tease me so? You know my love of the Princess of Power, yet you show me this packaged She-Ra that I can't even try to buy until June. She's got the gold sword, the two mask looks, and her classic shield. Seriously, I need this thing yesterday.
Anyway the pictures (which feature her new MOTUC bio) are the real story here so check them out in the gallery. I've also included a high resolution version of the picture Mattel used for She-Ra's bio, cause it's well, awesome. Seriously, they just don't promote toys like they used to.
Diamond Select has been hush hush about the Mark V suit Minimate from the upcoming Iron Man 2 movie, but thanks to the new trailer that recently came out, we can now get the big reveal! The armor is looking quite snazzy in all of it's two-inch glory, and this Minimate will come packaged with War Machine, so chances are this will be a hot set in toy aisles this Spring! You can check out a few other pics of more Minimates in this line from Toy Fair 2010 right at this linkie here!
Check out a full body pic of the suit after the jump!
Jon-Paul Kaiser's got a new custom 4" Munny finished, and boy, is it cool. Based on a Victorian-era British policeman, this piece has got plenty of style and an amazing beard. Like his other customs, they're painted in a simple black-and-white tone. What I love about this piece, especially, is that the details almost seem to pop off the canvas. Seriously, check out his hands. Don't they look like real hands and not rounded Munny hands?
This piece was a commission for a collector who has a lot of police-themed customs. They should hopefully be very, very pleased with how this Munny has turned out. Of course, for more of Jon-Paul's work, you can either check out his Web site or keep an eye on Tomopop, as we'll be posting his next piece as soon as it appears!
Last month, I got an e-mail from Quan Vu featuring a custom Marshall he'd done that had been turned into a cup of coffee. It was ridiculously adorable and you guys really seemed to enjoy it as well. Well, Quan's sent me info on a new custom piece he's been working on, a 4" Japanese wood kokeshi doll he called Aimi, "love beauty" in Japanese, and boy, does it live up to its name. Not only does Quan's style mesh very well with the traditional Japanese kokeshi, but he's added a cute little touch with the cat face on the front of the figure's hair.
What's better, Aimi is indeed available for the low price of US$55, so you can buy her if you'd like, Colette. Yes, I'm singling you out because I know you've read this far and you desperately want it now. Just pick your jaw up of the floor, head on over to Quan's store, plop down your money and wait patiently by the mail box. You can thank me later.
We're recording another Tomocast tonight, folks, with us focusing on the toys of yesterday that hold a special place in our heart back when we were wee Tomopoppers. We're talking the classics from the 80's and 90's from popular series such as Transformers, LEGO, Pound Puppies, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Care Bears, cereal prizes, and so much more that the sky's the limit.
How similar are we? How crucial was the brain washing machine we call TV? Did we annoy our parents to death? And what could be our fondest memory? Join me, Colette Bennett, Jason Millward and Pedro Cortes as we all sit in our rocking chairs and reminisce about the good ol' days.
We also have the latest in preorders and upcoming releases along with our bag of nostalgia. Don't forget to join in by asking us your questions in the comments about toys of yesterday and any thing else since the last Tomocast. Now git off our lawn before I call the cops!
Back in November, the amazing folks at Alter revealed a prototype sculpt of a very impressive 1/8 scale figure of Clalaclan Philias from Shining Wind featured in full armor ready to pound in the good word to any who refused to listen. We got to see a partially painted version of Clalaclan at Wonder Festival 2010 Winter just last month.
I had to pick up my jaw off the ground after seeing the final colored product of this stunning sculpt. Not only do we get a detailed look at Clalaclan, we also now have a chance to preorder her from Hobby Search and AmiAmi. She is set at a retail price of 9,800 yen which is justifying and will be shipping in July. Seriously, this is just drop dead gorgeous!
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